Below are the complete results from today’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 event, featuring the retirement of Hiroshi Tanahashi, AEW star Konosuke Takeshita losing the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, two double champions being crowned, Andrade in action & more.
– Katsuya Murashima and Masatora Yasuda def. Shoma Kato and Tatsuya Matsumoto [Pre-Show]
– NJPW World Television Championship: El Phantasmo (c) (with Jado) def. Chris Brookes to retain the title [Pre-Show]
– Ranbo for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, and Hartley Jackson) won last eliminating Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi)
– Winner Takes All match for the IWGP Women’s Championship and Strong Women’s Championship: Syuri (IWGP) def. Saya Kamitani (Strong) to become double champion
– United Empire (Andrade El Ídolo, Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Henare, and Jake Lee) def. Bullet Club War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, and Drilla Moloney), Shingo Takagi, and Hiromu Takahashi
This was Andrade’s first match in New Japan Pro-Wrestling after 11 years.
– Fatal 4-Way match to determine the #1 contender for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado def. Kosei Fujita, Taiji Ishimori, and Sho
– NEVER Openweight Championship: Aaron Wolf def. Evil (c) via technical submission to win the title in his debut match
– Winner Takes All match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (Global) def. Konosuke Takeshita (World) via submission to become double champion
Jake Lee attacked Tsuji after the match.
– Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Retirement Match: Kazuchika Okada def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
After the match, several wrestlers came out to congratulate Tanahashi, including Will Ospreay, Jay White, Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Katsuyori Shibata, and Tetsuya Naito.
In the end, NJPW did a 10-bell salute to mark the end of Tanahashi’s legendary career.
Below are some videos:
.@tanahashi1_100 💐 @WillOspreay
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.@tanahashi1_100 💐 @ibushi_kota & @KennyOmegamanX
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🏟️WRESTLE KINGDOM 20 in 東京ドーム 棚橋弘至引退🏟️
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🏟️WRESTLE KINGDOM 20 in 東京ドーム 棚橋弘至引退🏟️
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